A few days ago I listened to someone complain about those “privileged” people around her and how she wished she …
Friday, November 29, 2013
Thursday, November 28, 2013
What is family?
This year I was cordially uninvited from my boyfriend’s family thanksgiving. He was told that his parents wanted a time …
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Thank You Cards: The Bane of My Existence
It’s coming up to holiday season again and this reminds me of one of the most confusing parts of social …
Monday, November 25, 2013
What’s wrong with Walmart being open on Thanksgiving?
Suddenly there is outrage at the fact that Walmart and a bunch of other stores are planning on opening on …
Sunday, November 24, 2013
“You’re too white to go there”
So yesterday I wrote about the way in which it is often suggested to me (and many other women) what …
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Should we tell women what they can’t do?
A couple of weeks ago I was outside a bar on a Saturday night and a woman asked us (the …
Friday, November 22, 2013
The Right to Feel Bad
I would like to think that this doesn’t need saying, but sadly it does: we all feel differently, we all …
Thursday, November 21, 2013
The Oppression Olympics: Why can’t we all just support each other?
I observed a twitter fight yesterday between a man and a woman. They were playing what has been dubbed “The …
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Would you want to know when you’re going to die?
Death is the major universal constant in life; it is also the thing we are all most scared of talking …
What questions can we ask?
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. In reading articles about people’s experiences, a question occurred to me that applies not …
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Would you intervene if someone were being attacked?
Last week when I was walking home from work I heard a woman yell “get off me!” I turned around …
Monday, November 18, 2013
Is remorse important?
A few days ago I wrote about the ways in which we are punishing people before they commit a crime. …
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Can we comment on other people’s health?
On my lunch break last week I observed a woman glare at and the yell at a man smoking next …
Friday, November 15, 2013
Does it matter what the owner of a company thinks?
Over the past year or so there has been increasing controversy surrounding the views of the owners of certain companies. …
Thursday, November 14, 2013
What laws would you make?
We are all guilty to some extent of complaining about the laws in the country in which we live. Whether …
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
How do we know what is right?
There are many ways that people decide what is right and wrong. For a large amount of the world’s population, …
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Should we arrest people before they commit a crime?
Yes, so this question encapsulates the plot of Minority Report, along with a number of other movies. The reason I …
Sunday, November 10, 2013
What makes us human?
In a discussion on sociopaths I was having with my boyfriend he mentioned that he believed that emotions, particularly emotions …
Saturday, November 9, 2013
Marijuana the Gateway Drug: correlation versus causation
When I talked about marijuana yesterday I failed to properly address one of the key arguments people have against it: …
Friday, November 8, 2013
Should alcohol be illegal?
A couple of weeks ago a friend of mine asked me for my thoughts for a paper she was writing …
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Why do we send people to prison?
As I walk to work in the morning I often see people cleaning the sidewalks wearing Baltimore City Correctional Facility …
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
How do you know you’re right?
A couple of days ago I wrote about my somewhat relativistic view of right and wrong. I am uncomfortable at …
Monday, November 4, 2013
I don’t want to finish everything on my plate!
A few days I wrote about the inherent contradictions in how we are emphasizing the negativity of being “overweight” while …
Sunday, November 3, 2013
Would you save the small child?
I was asked a very interesting question in response to my analogy yesterday. The question I asked involved visiting a …
Saturday, November 2, 2013
Would you kill a small child?
As a vegetarian I often find myself wondering about what I would do in certain situations in other cultures. I …
Friday, November 1, 2013
Size isn’t everything: raising a generation of self conscious children
Everyone who hasn’t been living in isolation for the past 20 years knows that we have a problem with obesity. …
Halloween: Offensive or Fun?
It’s been a long day for me so I don’t have the energy to write much but I just have …
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